High-range I.Q. scores by age group

© 1 February 2023 Paul Cooijmans

Introduction

This report focuses on performance by age on all of the tests scored by I.Q. Tests for the High Range since January 1995. For each test, the median protonorms per age class are computed. For each age class, the median protonorm across the tests is computed. In case of compound tests, the subtest scores are used instead of the total scores, because the "age taken" information resides at subtest level (different subtests may have been taken at different ages). A compound test is a test consisting of subtests that each have a statistical report of their own at the statistics page.

The results are presented within-sex to detect possible sex differences in the development of I.Q. with age. This tables contain, for each age class, the median protonorm, the corresponding I.Q., and a graphical representation wherein the number of *s is (I.Q. - 105)/2.

Within males

Age class Prot. I.Q. Graph
80-84 280 120 *******
75-79      
70-74 381 135 ***************
65-69 381 135 ***************
60-64 387 136 ***************
55-59 415 141 ******************
50-54 399 138 ****************
45-49 410 140 *****************
40-44 428 143 *******************
35-39 423 142 ******************
30-34 409 140 *****************
25-29 395 138 ****************
22-24 412 140 *****************
20-21 407 139 *****************
18-19 380 135 ***************
17 386 136 ***************
16 380 135 ***************
15 341 129 ************
14 320 126 **********
13 333 128 ***********
12 297 123 *********
11      
10      
9 233 114 ****

N = 4699

Given the amount of data, the development of male high-range I.Q. scores with age in the above table should be accepted as a good approximation of reality.

Within females

Age class Prot. I.Q. Graph
75-79 355 131 *************
70-74 342 129 ************
65-69      
60-64 304 124 *********
55-59 302 124 *********
50-54 328 127 ***********
45-49 446 146 ********************
40-44 388 136 ***************
35-39 396 138 ****************
30-34 368 133 **************
25-29 389 137 ****************
22-24 378 135 ***************
20-21 364 133 **************
18-19 326 127 ***********
17 311 125 **********
16 324 127 ***********
15 349 130 ************
14 302 124 *********
13 299 123 *********
12 189 107 *

N = 521

The present amount of female data is not sufficient to make the development of scores with age significant. In another five years it should exceed 600 scores (30 per age class on average) which should give more confidence that what one is seeing is real.